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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Elizabeth Baily died this morning, quietly and painlessly. Her last few weeks had been saddened by delusions.
All arrangements have been made for the burial of Elizabeth Baily. When did JH first become acquainted with Francis Baily? Gives his own earliest recollections. Has now placed all his books on their shelves.
Hears that JH is to inherit Baily's house. Recalls how he first met W. H. Wollaston and Francis Baily.
Someone has experimented with sound and finds that the pitch of a note is altered when transmitted through solids; is this true in JH's experience? Supposes that Lady Herschel has now returned.
Comments on fluorescence and the contents of Francis Baily's desk drawer.
Tells AD how to deal with JH's letters to Francis Baily.
Has been employed in London studying the way in which Government aid is granted to further popular education. Will be moving on to Glasgow soon to do similar work. Has been offered an L.L.D. if he can obtain a recommendation from someone in this country.
Is grateful for the kind manner in which he answered his letter. Gives news of the College in South Africa. Details of Shaw House, Newbury.
Would give him great pleasure to comply with JH's request, but the trees are in the garden of a Mr. Powell.
Pointing out an error in JH's statement in an encyclopaedia that there are no serpents in Borneo.
Was pleased to receive JH's note. Further regarding the existence of serpents in Borneo. Suggests form of correction in encyclopaedia.
[Form letter] Announces 4 June visitation of Royal Observatory by Board of Visitors.
Responds to same request as JH identifies in his 1859-6-11.
Returns GA's letter copy [see GA's 1859-6-14] with thanks, noting it is more complete than JH's own.
The Radcliffe Trustees are asking for assistance in naming a new director of the Oxford Observatory; JH sends a draft response.
Not at home today when JH's son called. Conveys Mr. Allan's gratitude for JH's promise to inaugurate literary society.
Recalls JH's letter from Cape regarding study of etymology. Encloses HW's own effort to develop this.
Is preparing a list of telescopes with their focal lengths and quality, and asks GA to correct JH's list.
Draft of letter to be sent to Radcliffe Trustees, now being sent to G. B. Airy for his information [see JH's 1859-6-11].
Received JH's 'Remarks on Colour-Blindness' [1859]. Describes lack of success in urging Army, Navy surgeons to continue GW's investigations. Comments on statistical distribution of color-blindness, hereditary factors, and safety implications for military and railroads. Reports specific cases among contemporaries. Asks JH's advice on seeking assistance from B.A.A.S.